Essequibo is the largest traditional region of Guyana but not an administrative region of Guyana today. It may also refer to: Essequibo River, the largest...
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Essequibo (/ˌɛsəˈkwiːboʊ/ ESS-ə-KWEE-boh; Dutch: Kolonie Essequebo [koːˈloːni ɛsəˈkʋeːboː]) was a Dutch colony in the Guianas and later a county on the...
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The Essequibo River (Spanish: Río Esequibo; originally called by Alonso de Ojeda; Río Dulce) is the largest river in Guyana, and the largest river between...
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Demerara-Essequibo was created on 28 April 1812, when the British combined the colonies of Demerara and Essequibo into the colony of Demerara-Essequibo. They...
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Guyana (section Essequibo conflict)
Convention in 1814 that ceded Demerara-Essequibo and Berbice to Britain. In 1831, the united colonies of Demerara-Essequibo and separate colony of Berbice together...
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Guyana–Venezuela crisis (2023–present) (redirect from 2023 Essequibo crisis)
The long-standing territorial dispute over the Essequibo region escalated into a crisis in 2023. The region is controlled by Guyana but is claimed by...
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an ongoing territorial dispute between Guyana and Venezuela over the Essequibo region, also known as Esequibo or Guayana Esequiba in Spanish (Spanish...
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was merged with Essequibo in 1812 by the British who took control. It formally became a British colony in 1815 until Demerara-Essequibo was merged with...
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Demerara-Essequibo Coast East Berbice Essequibo Essequibo Islands North west (hinterlands) Mazaruni-Potaro (hinterlands) Rupununi (hinterlands) Essequibo Demerara...
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Essequibo dispute may refer to Guyana–Venezuela territorial dispute, an ongoing contention between Guyana and Venezuela over the Essequibo region 2023...
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Essequibo Islands-West Demerara (Region 3) is a region of Guyana. It is situated around the Essequibo River, the largest river in Guyana that lies between...
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1831 British Guiana Demerara (Georgetown) 1745 Dutch from Essequibo, 1781-1831: like Essequibo Berbice (114 miles SE of Georgetown) 1627 Dutch, 1781-1831:...
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The Essequibo cricket team, representing the former county of Essequibo on the western shore of the Essequibo River estuary in Guyana, has played cricket...
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became known as Dutch Guiana (Dutch: Nederlands-Guiana). The colonies of Essequibo and Demerara were controlled by the Dutch West India Company, while Berbice...
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Railways in Guyana (redirect from Demerara-Essequibo Railway)
comprised two public railways, the Demerara-Berbice Railway and the Demerara-Essequibo Railway. There are also several industrial railways mainly for the bauxite...
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there, starting in the early 17th century. They founded the colonies of Essequibo and Berbice, adding Demerara in the mid-18th century. In 1796, Great Britain...
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Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo was recorded at 24,212 people. Official census records for the population of the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo region are as follows:...
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The Society for Navigation on Essequibo and adjacent Rivers was a Dutch organization headquartered in Middelburg, founded in 1771 and disestablished in...
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The capture of Demerara and Essequibo was a French military expedition carried out in January 1782 as part of the American Revolutionary War. In 1781...
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islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. Venezuela claims the disputed Essequibo territory as one of its states, which it calls Guayana Esequiba, but the...
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England New Zealand, Wiltshire, England Essequibo (colony), a former Dutch and British colony on modern Guyana's Essequibo River, originally known as Nova Zeelandia...
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along with parts of northern Peru, northwestern Brazil, and claimed the Essequibo region. The terms Gran Colombia and Greater Colombia are used historiographically...
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received orders to call on the surrender of the colonies of Demerara, Essequibo and Berbice. The Dutch colonies, unhappy with the rule of the Batavian...
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Esequiba Guyana Suriname Tigri Area Former British Guiana Berbice Demerara Essequibo Counani Dutch Guiana Pre-1667 Pomeroon Surinam Suriname Free Counani Trinidad-Guayana...
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west bank of the Essequibo River in Cuyuni-Mazaruni (Region 7), at the confluence of the Cuyuni and Mazaruni Rivers with the Essequibo River in Guyana...
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species of bonytongue in the genus Arapaima native to the Amazon and Essequibo basins of South America. Arapaima is the type genus of the subfamily Arapaiminae...
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Esequiba Guyana Suriname Tigri Area Former British Guiana Berbice Demerara Essequibo Counani Dutch Guiana Pre-1667 Pomeroon Surinam Suriname Free Counani Trinidad-Guayana...
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the Americas Berbice 1 Brazil Cayenne Curaçao and Dependencies Demerara Essequibo New Netherland Pomeroon Sint Eustatius and Dependencies Surinam 2 Tobago...
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who met Alonso de Ojeda's first expedition from Spain in 1499 at the Essequibo River. In the ensuing colonial era, Guyana's government was defined by...
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Tumatumari Tuschen Uitvlugt Unity Village Vergenoegen, Region 3, East Bank Essequibo, Guyana Victoria Vreed en Hoop (Regional capital) Vriesland Yupukari Wakapau...
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